You seem to think I am obsessed with proving that Hamilton is moaner or something.
Guess what, he is a moaner, and a big one. Everyone agrees on that. If you don't agree with that then I don't care, if you want someone to prove a point then it should be you to deny it because pretty much everyone here agrees with me on this except some Hamilton fans.and again, that is fine, I don't care.
Laughing emojis don’t suddenly enhance your point.
I agree, Hamilton moans. Didn’t disagree. Simply made the point that it is in YOUR opinion that he moans MORE than other drivers in comparable positions. I.E the point around relatively. The assumption underpins your entire argument. And so please don’t come at me as if I have some kind of agenda to prove you hate Hamilton. Just pointing out that your key assumption is based on your opinion which isn’t factually proven (and no, the onus is not on me to prove it; it’s your assumption, it’s yours to prove. And I don’t think it’s universally agree that Hamilton moans MORE than others in a comparable position (reminder in case it isn’t clear enough: not that he moans, that he moans MORE).
You seem to have some kind of issue with everyone who doesn’t agree that Hamilton looks bad out of this (which, by the way, I haven’t even passed a view on). You clearly do care based on your replies in this thread but OK, keep saying you don’t care: again, doesn’t add strength to your argument.
Anyway, done arguing semantics.
As for the actual issue here, I think he didn’t need to come out in public and say this - but for anyone willing to dig a bit deeper into the context and not just read the words, it’s plainly obvious the issue has been misrepresented. I think it’s unnecessary and he’s saying stuff he didn’t have to say, but it’s nonetheless being misrepresented.
As for the discussion about Hamilton knowing what a car needs, it’s obviously somewhere between having no ability to input and being able to be a key input. It’s naive to think F1 drivers have no understanding of certain things which impact the fundamental driveability of a car. Yes their expertise is primarily to support weekend setups, but it’s ignorant to think they can have no input to fundamental design decisions. Having said that, they would only be a small part of the puzzle. The engineers and data and expertise in these fields is much more important, obviously. But, a driver would be able to input, and certainly with a real world lens beyond just data and analysis and stats. And remember, that’s the key issue here for Mercedes. They’ve gone with a concept which looks incredible in simulation but cannot be replicated in the real world.
